Pfc. Christopher Ryan Barton, age 22, of Concord, North Carolina, was an infantryman assigned to C Troop, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division and was killed on May 24, 2010, when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire in the Khowst province of Afghanistan.

He is survived by his wife and and mother, both of North Carolina.

Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Christopher Barton is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen

May 24, 2010

A French soldier, Barek Deligny-Christophe, age 38, married and the father of two children, belonged to a team of 70 French instructors deployed alongside a regiment of Afghanistan. He was killed on May 22, 2010, in Afghanistan.

He was mortally wounded by detonating an IED.

Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Barek Deligny-Christophe is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen

Canadian Trooper Larry Rudd, age 26, died on May 24, 2010. He was on a resupply patrol to deliver supplies and equipment to Canadian soldiers near the village of Salavat, about 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City. He was killed by an improvised explosive device.

A native of Brantford, Ontario., Larry Rudd was with the Royal Canadian Dragoons based at CFB Petawawa in Ontario.

Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Larry Rudd is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen

May 22, 2010

Staff Sgt. Shane S. Barnard, age 38, died May 19, 2010, in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when he stepped on a secondary improvised explosive device. He was from De Smet, South Dakota.

May 19, 2010

Albert Einstein, the intellectual, said the following about future wars:

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

This means that he did not know how World War Three would unfold, but he did know that after it, the war after that (World War 4), will be fought with sticks and stones because we would have wiped out all advanced civilization on Earth in world war three and we will be reduced to the state of cavemen.

Our soldiers can find other endeavors to engage in. We will still fully employ them. But we would redirect them towards peaceful projects.

Think about it and support world-wide pacifism - not just for us, but for everybody. This is all about the future of our planet and all of the people on it.

Should we all advance and seek the stars or should we all go back to the caves of our ancestors, clubbing each other to death?

God the Father, Jesus, Mary and all of the saints and all of the angels pray for us. Amen.

The Korean War (1950-53) was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations; and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China, with air support from the Soviet Union. The war began on 25 June 1950 and an armistice was signed on 27 July 1953.

Korean dead

The United Nations, particularly the United States, came to the aid of the South Koreans in repelling the invasion from the North.

In the end, this was all about preventing South Korea from becoming Communist.

The death toll from the Korean War is under debate. However, the death toll is somewhere around 1,500,000 people including 36,516 dead Americans, and numerous dead soldiers from Turkey, Britain, Canada, Australia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Belgium, South Africa, the Soviet Union and New Zealand. Even 2 soldiers from the very tiny European country of Luxembourg died in this conflict.

Did anybody care that all these men died?

God save us from our governments.

Let us pray that the souls of the men, women and children who died in the Korean War are at peace. Let us pray that they are with God and are in Heaven. Amen.

May 17, 2010

The Yugoslavian Wars in the past 20 years have been a travesty of justice. This conflict involves these ethnic regions - Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo and Vojvodina.

All of the people in these regions should be ashamed before God, whether Christian or Muslim. They all knew about the genocides in the Second World War and yet they continued this horror into the 1990's. They did not learn from the Second World War's holocaust about the sanctity of human life and the right of all minorities to live.

The Srebrenica Massacre, also known as the Srebrenica Genocide, refers to the July 1995 killing of more than 8,000 Bosnian men and boys, by Serbian military forces, as well as the ethnic cleansing of 25,000–30,000 refugees. God help us all.

Many teenaged boys were killed in this era. Could you stand before a 12 or 14 year old boy and look him in the face and then kill him? These people in these regions did this, one to the other.

What a shame on Christianity and what a shame on Islam this is.

Let us pray that the souls of the men, women and children who died in these Yugoslavian Wars are at peace. Let us pray that they are with God and are in Heaven. Amen.

Sgt. Kenneth B. May, Jr., age 26, of Kilgore, Texas, died May 11, 2010, in Afghanistan. He had served two tours in Iraq and was deployed just two weeks ago to Afghanistan, where he was killed by an IED, the day after his second wedding anniversary. Kenneth May was assigned to the Third Battalion, first Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force in Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Let us pray to God, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Kenneth May is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen

US Army Spc. Denis D. Kisseloff, 45, of Saint Charles, Mo., died May 14, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire.
Let us pray to God, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Denis Kisseloff is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen

May 8, 2010

Mark Coleman, age 40, was an Army Special Forces soldier at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a 22-year veteran of the military who spoke Thai and had been stationed all over the world.

He was a master sergeant with the Army’s 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, died May 2, 2010, in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense confirmed that he died of wounds sustained by an enemy bomb in Khakrez, Afghanistan.

Let us pray to God, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Mark Coleman is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen

Army Spc. Eric M. Finniginam, age 26, died on May 1, 2010, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province.

He is the 35th service member from the Micronesia region to die while supporting U.S. wars since 2003. Eric Finniginman was from Colonia, the Capital of Yap State within the Federated States of Micronesia.

Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class Craig Blake, a navy clearance diver sent to Afghanistan because of his bomb disposal expertise, was killed by a roadside bomb southwest of Kandahar city on May 3, 2010.

The married father of two boys was 37 and was from Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.

Let us pray to God, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Craig Blake is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen

May 4, 2010

The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda's Tutsis and Hutu political moderates by the Hutu dominated government under the Hutu Power ideology. Over the course of approximately 100 days, or more, from the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana on April 6 through mid-July, at least 500,000 people were killed, according to the estimate of Human Rights Watch. Other estimates of the death toll have ranged between 500,000 and 1,000,000, (a commonly quoted figure is 800,000), or as much as 20% of the total population of the country.

Let us pray for the souls of all of the Rwandans killed in this horrible genocide. Let us pray that these men, women and children are with God. And God help us all, as we never learn from the past and continue to do these vile things, one to the other.

Cpl Holmes, age 22, was attached to 40 Commando Royal Marines Battle Group, and was providing protection for his patrol as they investigated a compound east of Wishtan, Afghanistan, when he died on May 2, 2010. He was from Hyde, Greater Manchester, England.

Let us pray to God, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Alex Holmes is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen

1st Lt. Salvatore S. Corma, 24, of Deptford, died on April 29, 2010, in Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device used during an insurgent attack. He was from Deptford, New Jersey.

Let us pray to God, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Salvatore S. Corma is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen

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Grief

Time does not bring relief;
you all have lied
who told me time would ease me of my pain.
I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
I want him at the shrinking of the tide.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)

Grief...Again

It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.

Sidonie-Gabrielle Collette (1873-1954)

The Last Judgment

"Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day."

Albert Camus (1913-1960)

Memories....

War turns young men into memories.

Past War

U.S. Civil war - 1863 - dead teenager

"It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it."

General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870)

Future War

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

The face of grief in War...Today

This is a man who has just found out that his family was blown away in the War in Afghanistan. God help him and us all. God save us from our wars. Amen.

Impermanence

"Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them."

Saint Michael

Saint Gabriel

Archangel Raphael

The forgotten angel... the Archangel of healing. Pray for us, Raphael. Help us all.

Saint Jude

The saint of difficult causes - pray for us.

Father Vincent Capodanno

Vincent Capodanno, was a Priest in the Vietnam War who went among the wounded and dying, giving last rites. Wounded in the face and hand, he went to help a wounded corpsman only yards from an enemy machine gun and was killed. On your way to Sainthood, Vincent, pray for us.

Father Emil Kapaun

A Catholic priest who is remembered for his great humility, bravery, his constancy, his love and kindness and solicitude for his fellow prisoners in the Korean War. He died of starvation. On your way to sainthood, Emil, pray for us.

Saint Maximilian Kolbe

The saint who volunteered to take the place of another in Auschwitz which ended in his death. Pray for us Maximilian.

Saint Teresa of Calcutta

The woman who dedicated her life to the dying and the destitute in India. Pray for us Teresa.

Saint Elizabeth Fyodorovna

She was a Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia who renounced her wealth, became a nun and helped the poor. She was buried alive during the Russian Revolution as a punishment for being related to the royal family. She is a Saint in the Russian Orthodox Church. Elizabeth Fyodorovna pray for us.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis, who dedicated his life to God, pray for us.

Saint Benedict

Saint Benedict, who dedicated his life to God, pray for us.

Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic, who dedicated his life to God, pray for us.

Saint Edith Stein

Saint Edith Stein spoke up against the Nazis and died in Auschwitz. Pray for us, Edith.

Saint Bernadette of Lourdes

She said "I am ground like a grain of wheat." So are we all in the end. Pray for us, Sister.

Father Jerzy Popieluszko

Jerzy Popieluszko was a Catholic Priest who was tortured to death in 1984 for speaking out against the Communist regime in Poland. He has been recognized as a Martyr. On your way to Sainthood, Jerzy, pray for us.